Best Sword (Or any weapon type) Fights ever?

[Dougal DeKree]

Darklone says:

I'm a little bit shocked, most proposals here come from movies made in the last 20 years...

There's an old Zorro movie still in black and white where they fight in a belltower swinging on the bellropes, fencing wise this one tops any Princess Bride duel by magnitudes.

Kill Bill? That one was awful. There are too many scenes in the fights where it's simply too obvious that Uma Thurman can't fight, no matter how many effort the choreographer put into the work. She did a good job, but she's simply not a martial artist.

Gunfights? EQUILIBRIUM with Christopher Bale. Kung Fu plus guns.

 

[The Josh]

one on one (i cant believe i forgot this one)
Castle vs. the Russian in the Punisher

a couple of good scirmishes in there too

 

[Ferret]

I realy do like The Six fingered man fight, and the last time I saw it I found the One between Westley and Inigo boring. Ah, shoot me.

Spidey vs Doc Oc. No particular scene

Final scene in Equilibrium.

Cave fight between Cap'in jack Sparrow and the other one.

Mostly anything from Samurai Jack.

Kung-fu fight scene on stilts, if anyone recognises the movie..... Also another one that don't remember, a fight scen where one guy hides against white sheets, the other against black.

 

[Pants]

Kill Bill? That one was awful. There are too many scenes in the fights where it's simply too obvious that Uma Thurman can't fight, no matter how many effort the choreographer put into the work. She did a good job, but she's simply not a martial artist.

Bah, I thought they were cool.

 

[barsoomcore]

Bah, I thought they were cool.

That's because they WERE cool. I saw them. They were full of cool. And having taught dozens of people how to fight with a katana myself, I have to say Uma looked pretty good to me.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Saw The Court Jester on TMC this weekend and have to say the combat between Danny Kaye and Basil Rathbone (sp) was great.

 

[Hypersmurf]

And I'm just going to shout out for a couple of Xena fights. There were plenty of crappy fights on that show...

Oi!

-Hyp.

 

[Black Omega]

Saw The Court Jester on TMC this weekend and have to say the combat between Danny Kaye and Basil Rathbone (sp) was great.

Very fun fight, I agree. I watched it also. There are times it seems very likely a stuntman is fighting for Basil, mostly when you can only see his arm. There were other times it was obvious Danny Kaye was swinging wildly and Basil was moving his sword into the way so it looked like he was blocking an attack.

 

[WayneLigon]

One-on-One: Hmm. Either Qui-Gon and Darth Maul, or The Bride and O-rin from Kill Bill part 1.

Skirmish: Musu the Warrior; this movie made me decide that someday, I will play someone who uses a long spear as his main weapon. The Bride vs The Crazy 88's.

Battle: Any in LOTR.

 

[DwelleroftheDeep]

My favorite sword fight has got to be the final battle in star wars episode 5, it's got amazing dialog and then there's the whole I am your father stuff.